Love Lana Del Rey? 5 Artists You’ll Also Enjoy

Finding connections between artists across different genres is one of music’s greatest rewards. These links often transcend traditional musical similarities. They might emerge from a shared commitment to storytelling, emotional vulnerability, or an endless drive to evolve. Sometimes an indie folk artist and a hip-hop legend connect through their narrative obsessions, or a jazz musician and a classical composer share the same restless reinvention. This series follows those threads, exploring how artists from vastly different musical worlds tap into the same creative impulses that make their work so compelling. Here are 5 artists Lana Del Rey fans should explore.

Lana Del Rey’s music exists in a kind of dream logic. One foot in the present, one in some faded memory, with images of blue motel pools, black eyeliner, and sunburned highways slipping by like scenes in an old film. She’s mastered the art of building a world, not just a sound. And once you’re in it, it’s hard to leave.

The mood she conjures up is by turns cinematic, haunting, and unapologetically romantic.

As unique as she is, Lana doesn’t have a monopoly on that mood. You can find similar emotional textures scattered across music that seems, at first glance, to have nothing in common with her. Sometimes it’s a dusty country ballad sung by a masked cowboy. Sometimes it’s a minimalist piano piece so fragile it feels like it might shatter if you breathe too hard. Sometimes it’s a voice from the 1950s, carried on cigarette smoke and slow trumpet.

These five artists aren’t “sounds like Lana” picks, but they’re kindred spirits from different corners of the musical universe. Each one offers something that can deepen your listening experience, expand your playlist, and maybe even change the way you hear Lana’s music.

1. A$AP Rocky (Hip Hop)

For fans of: Lust for Life collaborations, moody beats, and cinematic hip hop aesthetics.

Let’s start with someone Lana fans should already know.

A$AP Rocky is a rapper of course, but he’s also a curator of vibes. Where many hip hop artists go for aggressive beats and rapid-fire delivery, Rocky often slows things down, letting the groove breathe and the atmosphere build.

If you’ve seen Lana’s National Anthem music video, you’ll remember Rocky playing JFK to her Jackie O. That collaboration was a hint at how their worlds overlap.

On Long.Live.A$AP and Testing, Rocky moves between hazy psychedelia, bruising beats, and moments of unexpected vulnerability. “Phoenix” feels like the darker cousin of Lana’s “Ride,” steeped in self-reflection and quiet sadness. He’s a master at pairing sharp, confident verses with production that glows and drifts, creating that feeling of walking through a city at night when everything feels charged and cinematic.

Rocky’s strength lies in texture. He layers beats, synths, and samples to create immersive environments for his lyrics. Tracks like Fashion Killa turn braggadocio into a slow-burn seduction. Even his more upbeat songs often have a dreamy, cinematic undertone, something that connects him to Lana’s style of storytelling.

Like Lana, Rocky curates his world carefully. Every beat, every visual, every collaboration feels like an invitation into his universe. And once you step in, you’ll find that his way of telling a story isn’t so far from hers.

Start with these tracks:

L$D — hypnotic, melodic, and soaked in neon light.
Fashion Killa — swagger meets slow jam.
Sundress — playful, groovy, with a vintage touch.

2. Orville Peck (Country)

For fans of: vintage Americana aesthetics, masked mystique, and romantic desert ballads.

Orville Peck is country in the same way Lana is pop. Technically, yes, but really he’s building his own mythology in his own unique way.

Peck performs wearing a fringed mask, his identity intentionally obscured. This is less a gimmick than a way of keeping the focus on the songs, which feel like they’re pulled from dusty old photo albums and half-forgotten road trips. His baritone voice carries an old-school richness, somewhere between Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash, but with a ghostly edge. The arrangements are lush but never overbearing. The pedal steel drifts like desert wind while the drums thump like a train in the distance.

Like Lana, Peck loves Americana, just not the glossy, Nashville kind. His America is wide open, lonely, and filled with characters whose hearts are half broken, half hopeful. In Dead of Night, he sings about fleeting love in the desert with such aching beauty you can almost see the headlights disappearing in the rearview mirror.

Lana fans will find familiar ground here: the myth-making, the nostalgia that isn’t afraid to be bittersweet, and the willingness to play with archetypes until they feel new again. His music makes you want to take a night drive on an empty highway, radio low, thinking about the one who got away.

Start with these tracks:

Dead of Night — romantic, haunting, cinematic.
The Curse of the Blackened Eye — heartbreak with grit.
Daytona Sand — playful, but still bittersweet.

3. Max Richter (Classical)

For fans of: cinematic string arrangements, minimalist piano, and emotionally charged instrumentals.

If you’ve ever been drawn to the orchestral swells in Lana’s ballads, Max Richter might feel like home.

Richter is a modern classical composer who has a gift for making music that feels both grand and intimate. His most famous work, On the Nature of Daylight, has been used in countless films (Arrival, Shutter Island) because it can break your heart in under six minutes. His style is minimalist, with repeating patterns that shift and evolve, but the emotional punch is huge.

Listening to Richter is like staring out a rainy window in slow motion. There’s no rush, no clutter, just space to think and feel. For Lana fans, that emotional spaciousness mirrors the moments in her music where she lets a line hang in the air, or where the arrangement breathes between verses.

Richter’s music can change the way you hear silence. Not background music, it’s the soundtrack to your inner life.

Start with these tracks:

On the Nature of Daylight — pure emotional release.
November — quiet and contemplative.
Vladimir’s Blues — short, simple, devastating.

4. Chet Baker (Jazz)

For fans of: smoky late-night moods, fragile vocals, and timeless romance.

There’s something about Chet Baker’s voice that feels like it’s barely there, and yet it lingers long after the song ends. He was a jazz trumpeter and vocalist whose style was understated to the point of fragility, and a far cry from the bold brass of traditional jazz.

Baker had a knack for making every note feel personal, almost confessional. His trumpet solos are soft and spacious, his singing even softer, like he’s letting you in on a secret. Tracks like I Fall in Love Too Easily sound like the jazz equivalent of Lana’s Video Games: simple, unadorned, and emotionally raw.

The connection between Baker and Lana isn’t just in their melancholy, but also in their restraint. Neither artist oversings or oversells. They let the emotion speak for itself, trusting the listener to lean in.

For a Lana fan, diving into Chet Baker is like stepping into a black-and-white film, where the nights are long, the smoke hangs heavy, and love is always a little bit doomed.

Start with these tracks:

I Fall in Love Too Easily — stripped down, heartbreaking.
Almost Blue — slow, moody, devastating.
My Funny Valentine — timeless romanticism.

5. Sade (R&B)

For fans of: slow-burn romance, velvety vocals, and lush, atmospheric grooves.

If Lana is the queen of cinematic melancholy, Sade is the queen of smooth sensuality. Her music isn’t in a hurry. It moves with quiet confidence, like someone who knows they don’t need to shout to be heard. Endlessly replayable, her blend of R&B, soul, and jazz has been setting moods since the 1980s.

Sade’s voice is soft but commanding, her arrangements lush but never overcrowded. Songs like No Ordinary Love feel like they’ve been playing in some dimly lit lounge since the beginning of time. There’s an intimacy in her delivery that mirrors the emotional directness in Lana’s work.

Both artists also have a gift for making sadness feel beautiful. Sade’s By Your Side is a love song, but there’s a shadow in it, much the same way Lana can sing about devotion while hinting at loss.

For Lana fans, Sade offers a masterclass in minimalism and emotional control. She proves that you can be seductive, mournful, and powerful all at once.

Start with these tracks:

No Ordinary Love — hypnotic and sultry.
By Your Side — tender and timeless.
Smooth Operator — iconic and effortlessly cool.

Why These Artists Work for Lana Fans

What ties all of these artists together is mood and intent. They create immersive worlds where every note, every lyric, and every silence is deliberate. Similarly to Lana, they balance beauty and sadness, romance and danger, nostalgia and now.

Exploring these artists can also deepen your appreciation for Lana’s range. Hearing A$AP Rocky might make you notice the subtle hip hop influence in Born to Die. Orville Peck can make her Americana imagery hit harder. Max Richter can make you more aware of her orchestral touches. Chet Baker can highlight her restraint, and Sade can make her sensuality feel even more refined.

Music is richer when you connect the threads between genres, and Lana’s artistry is a perfect bridge. Accordingly, these five artists won’t replace her in your playlists, but they’ll keep you company when you want to stay in that same emotional weather, just with a different view.

Bonus: The Playlist Version

You don’t have to just read about these artists. I’ve put together a curated Spotify playlist called “Lana Del Rey: Mood Adjacent”, featuring the tracks mentioned in this post.